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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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  • Daniel
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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Spotify not playing on Android Auto

There are many threads on this issue, but I'd like to open a new thread because many of the ones opened are on different (older) hardware and different versions of Android/Spotify etc. Issue: When first connecting to the car, Spotify will load, but w...

  • Casual Listener
  • There are many threads on this issue, but I'd like to open a new thread because many of the ones opened are on different (older) hardware and different versions of Android/Spotify etc.   Issue...
  • user-removed
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Spotify will switch to a random song in the middle of a playlist

Exactly what the title said. I will be playing a playlist, and all of a sudden after a song is over, Spotify will switch to a different song that I've never even heard of. It's especially annoying because I can't skip more than 6 songs per hour. Plea...

  • Casual Listener
  • Exactly what the title said. I will be playing a playlist, and all of a sudden after a song is over, Spotify will switch to a different song that I've never even heard of. It's especially annoying&nb...
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Music always stops when browsing using Chrome

Hi all, This has been happening forever. I'll be listening to Spotify on my Galaxy S7 Edge while browsing the web using Chrome. I've got autoplay media set to off, and site audio is muted. Still, whenever I'm surfing, any time there's any annoying we...

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  • Hi all,   This has been happening forever.  I'll be listening to Spotify on my Galaxy S7 Edge while browsing the web using Chrome.  I've got autoplay media set to off, and site audio...
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Android new playlist design broken.

I really like the new playlist deisgn, this really good! And please continue updating playlists. But there is an issue. There is no side padding for the descriptions. Please add one. At least 8dp preferably 16. Now it looks like **bleep**, and it's h...

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  • I really like the new playlist deisgn, this really good! And please continue updating playlists.   But there is an issue. There is no side padding for the descriptions. Please add one. At leas...
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Difference between a “This is..” playlist and following an artist.

Hello,Can someone describe which songs are played when i follow an artist and then play the songs?Is it “all” the songs of this artist? What about the “This is..” playlist ?I would like to know what is the difference, in terms of the songs played in ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, Can someone describe which songs are played when i follow an artist and then play the songs? Is it “all” the songs of this artist?  What about the “This is..” playlist ? I would like ...
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Problème de lecture - s'arrête à chaque morceau

Depuis quelques temps la lecture s'arrête à chaque morceau, je suis obligé d'appuyer sur le bouton de lecture pour chaque morceau ... Quelqu'un a-t'il le même problème?

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  • Depuis quelques temps la lecture s'arrête à chaque morceau, je suis obligé d'appuyer sur le bouton de lecture pour chaque morceau ... Quelqu'un a-t'il le même problème?
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Superuser Contribution Bloqueé un artista por ERROR

Accidentalmente mientras pasaba las canciones de mi playlist le di bloquear sin querer a varios artistas ya que el icono de bloquear esta justo al lado del que uso para pasar las canciones. Como recupero a los artistas que accidentalmente puse en est...

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  • Accidentalmente mientras pasaba las canciones de mi playlist le di bloquear sin querer a varios artistas ya que el icono de bloquear esta justo al lado del que uso para pasar las canciones. Como recu...
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I got logged out and I cannot log back in

Right so a few weeks ago I got logged out of spotify on my phone, bearing in mind I use facebook to log in. So I tried logging back in several times to no avail (using my username and my facebook login) but it was no good. I even changed my facebook ...

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  • Right so a few weeks ago I got logged out of spotify on my phone, bearing in mind I use facebook to log in. So I tried logging back in several times to no avail (using my username and my facebook log...
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Cover via Bluetooth in Skoda

Hi everybody, I recognized that only like 20% of the covers are shown on my car's stereo while using Spotify via bluetooth. The rest only shows the bluetooth logo or a generic genre picture (like "Rock and Alternative").At first I thought that I can ...

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  • Hi everybody,   I recognized that only like 20% of the covers are shown on my car's stereo while using Spotify via bluetooth. The rest only shows the bluetooth logo or a generic genre picture ...
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Streamed songs and deleted music still taking up space

The music i recently deleted are still in my phone's memory, as there were no changes in the storage space when i unchecked the downloaded songs. It also seems that Spotify actually saves the data for streamed songs. How do i delete this without havi...

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  • The music i recently deleted are still in my phone's memory, as there were no changes in the storage space when i unchecked the downloaded songs. It also seems that Spotify actually saves the data fo...
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Spotify app loging

I have an account that works through the internet/web, but it wont work from the app, when I put my info it doesnt log in.

  • Newbie
  • I have an account that works through the internet/web, but it wont work from the app, when I put my info it doesnt log in. 
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Solved!! MY SONGS DONT KEEP PLAYING

SO I JUST UPDATED MY SPOTIFY AND I WOULD PICK A SONG AND LET IT PLAY BUT WHEN IT GOES TO ANOTHER SONG IT WON'T PLAY BUT WHEN I CHANGE THE TRACK MYSELF THE SONG WILL PLAY WHY IS IT DOING THAT?

  • Casual Listener
  • SO I JUST UPDATED MY SPOTIFY AND I WOULD PICK A SONG AND LET IT PLAY BUT WHEN IT GOES TO ANOTHER SONG IT WON'T PLAY BUT WHEN I CHANGE THE TRACK MYSELF THE SONG WILL PLAY WHY IS IT DOING THAT?
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Spotify making bad sounds using SD

When I use Spotify with the microSD set as Main memory on my P8 lite 2017 (so the cache is in the SD) there are small interferences and small pauses like a tic while playing a song as the SD is too slow to be accessed. My SD is this:https://www.amazo...

  • Casual Listener
  • When I use Spotify with the microSD set as Main memory on my P8 lite 2017 (so the cache is in the SD) there are small interferences and small pauses like a tic while playing a song as the SD is too s...
  • zxxx48923
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toda vez que fecho o app , ele desconecta , e nao consigo ouvir as musicas salvas(offline)

toda vez que fecho o app , ele desconecta , e nao consigo ouvir as musicas salvas(offline), nao sei oque fazer

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  • toda vez que fecho o app , ele desconecta , e nao consigo ouvir as musicas salvas(offline), nao sei oque fazer
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Music stops when phone locks

I have a Samsung galaxy s7 and recently/randomly when I'm playing music when my screen locks or i get a notification such as a txt message the music stops playing and doesn't start until I manually start it again. Anyone else having any similar issue...

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  • I have a Samsung galaxy s7 and recently/randomly when I'm playing music when my screen locks or i get a notification such as a txt message the music stops playing and doesn't start until I manually s...
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Songs Playlist Empty

So the favourites (ticked) playlist I've created over the last few years is suddenly empty!!How the **bleep** has this happend? And how the **bleep** can I get it back?

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  • So the favourites (ticked) playlist I've created over the last few years is suddenly empty!! How the **bleep** has this happend? And how the **bleep** can I get it back?
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Video loop cover art crashes Android app

Besides being annoying the new fullscreen video loops shown as cover art for some songs also crash the app. What's worse: you can't disable them. Please allow me to turn them off.

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  • Besides being annoying the new fullscreen video loops shown as cover art for some songs also crash the app.   What's worse: you can't disable them.  Please allow me to turn them off.
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My library won't sync with pc version

Hey,I've been filling up my library yesterday on pc (searching for songs and "Save" them to my library)although it saved them on my PC version of Spotify, the next day when I was driving to work I saw that my library didn't include all the songs I sa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey, I've been filling up my library yesterday on pc (searching for songs and "Save" them to my library) although it saved them on my PC version of Spotify, the next day when I was driving to work ...
  • Arikthrleking
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Superuser Contribution Musicas baixadas indisponiveis offline

Algumas músicas que baixei, quando estou on-line aparecem como salvas no dispositivo, porém se fico off-line elas ficam indisponíveis como se não tivessem sido baixadas.

  • Newbie
  • Algumas músicas que baixei, quando estou on-line aparecem como salvas no dispositivo, porém se fico off-line elas ficam indisponíveis como se não tivessem sido baixadas.
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